Why is MSFT freaking out? They still control 85-90% if the desktop OS market and Windows can be run on a Mac natively. If Parallels and VMWare can find a business-case in selling virtualization software for the Mac, then I'm sure MSFT can find an added value in Mac sales. After all, Mac users will be paying the full retail price for Windows, if they want to run Windows that is. Hereby lies the crux of the problem, choice. MSFT doesn't want to make Windows a choice, it wants to make it mandatory!
"We are only on 90% of the hardware! The humanity! We must be on 100% of the hardware"
MSFT shouldn't be worrying about Mac sales, they should be more concerned about Android and GNU/Linux which can be run on any hardware -not just x86- and can be run on hardware that doesn't meet the minimum requirements for Windows Vista. If anything, that is what will cut into their desktop and enterprise monopoly. They should also be worried about their apparent inability to cater to the gaming, media player and smartphone market with their XBox, Zune and Windows Mobile.
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